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Let’s see your LC-A shots.
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Amsterdam (Keukenhof gardens) / Lomo / Velvia 50 … shooting straight into the sun from caterpillar level.
Probably my favorite camera. It’s great in all kinds of light — as well as caterpillar impersonations, I’ve done loads of night shooting with it, handheld. Mine is starting to jump or skip between frames, prob. ‘cos I’ve lost a coupla screws. Jams up here and there.
Also great for street shooting, as nobody takes this camera seriously!
Can’t tell you much about the history or technical bits and pieces, but Dave will fill us in!
Cath.
Eddie wrote:
…tell us about them.
The LOMO LC-A is a Russian copy of the Cosina CX-1/CX-2. It was original made as a camera for the Russian masses in the mid 80s but ever since the “Lomographic” guys in Austria became the exclusive world wide distributor of the camera in the 1990s it has become popular as the center piece of the “Lomography” thing.
It’s not made anymore but the Lomographic guys are having it made under license in China with the name LC-A+ now.
Dave, thanks for the update, quality is very good, Catherine’s shot also shows the quality of the lens also, not sure if i would class it as a toy camera though, it looks a ideal size to carry as a quality snappy. Look farward to seeing some more images.
Eddie wrote:
not sure if i would class it as a toy camera though
It is definitely not a toy camera. It has auto exposure and a glass lens. Also, since the Lomography thing, the price is quite high now unlike most so called toy cameras.
Coney Island at night, Ilford HP5+, Lomo handheld.
It’s so often lumped in with toy cameras, but has none of the fuzziness of my Holga. Mind you, the body is all plastic and bits and pieces pop off regularly…. I kinda consider it a “fancy” toy camera.
Now my real question is… how the heck did they get so expensive? I just about fell off my chair checking the current price!! My holga was about ten bucks, the Lomo not more than $100 (can’t remember exactly how much but somewhere around 85 bucks I think)….
C.
I personally think the Lomo is pretty over-rated and honestly….don’t think it’s worth what it states on Lomography, for some odd reason, just doesn’t work for me…(in other words I’d take a roll of 36 shots and get about 3-4 actually in focus shots…)
Here’s two anyway…wonder how long these will last up…
I think the LC-A gets lumped in with toy cameras because of the Lomographic Society International (LSI). LSI produce many different types of plastic toy cameras like the POP 9, Action Sampler, etc with the name “Lomography” on them. People then think that since the first four letters are the same, the manufacturers are the same. But this is obviously not the case.
Of course, it is all more complicated now that the LC-A+ is made by Phenix Optical Instrument Company in China on behalf of LSI under license from LOMO in Russia.
Anyway, the price jump is definitely due to the LSI. Many of the products they sell on their website are available elsewhere but the mark up by LSI is huge. Unfortunately the LC-A is officially only available from LSI because of an exclusive distribution deal signed with LOMO.
You can still get new (at least unused) LC-As from other sources on eBay but those sellers are also cashing in on LSI’s marketing so it’s difficult to get one at the original price anymore.
hand held, indoors, 100ISO
I’m pleased it didn’t come out too blurry.
Taken at the Museum of Occupations in Tallinn Estonia.
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